Texas Capitol Nurse Has Served 3 Administrations
When Gov. Ann Richards needed a flu shot in 1992, she summoned Tim Flynn, the Texas Capitol’s recently installed nurse, to her office.
Nervous about giving the governor a shot, Flynn forgot to bring a Band-Aid. Richards asked if she would bleed. “I said, ‘I hope not.” Flynn recalled. “And she said, ‘I hope not either, because this is a $300 silk blouse.'"
In the end, Flynn did not receive a cleaning bill. “But I’ve never forgotten Band-Aids since then,” said Flynn, now the Capitol’s nurse practitioner.
Through the administrations of Richards, George W. Bush and Rick ...
Comments (7)
Proud Texan
It's funny how a Nurse Practitioner provides quality care in the Texas Capitol, but the Texas Medical Association doesn't think they are qualified to work anywhere else in the state without a doctor holding their hand.
Thank you Tim for everything you do and have done for Governors, Lt. Governors, Speakers, legislators, their families, and the entire staff of the Texas Capitol.
BiffTannen
Why exactly do they get free healthcare? Only working 140 days every other year, and onsite (!!) free healthcare. Sounds like socialism to me.
Jeanie Beckham
What a well-deserved tribute to someone who works so hard behind the scenes to keep the Texas Legisature rolling along! Thanks, Tim for your 20 years of service to Texas. Your medical skills, compassion, kindness and friendship to the Capitol employees, as well as the elected officials, are much appreciated. It will be a great loss to the Capitol the day you decide to retire!
Sharon Horowitz
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, based right here in Austin, is proud of the service that long-time AANP member Tim Flynn has provided at the State Capitol for two decades. He’s one of the 148,000 NPs around the country who are doing so much for the health of their communities. Well done to Tim and to all these unsung heroes.
Debra Haas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tim is a great nurse. When I worked for the legislature, and was pregnant with my (now high school aged) daughter, I had his phone number taped up over my desk. But...shouldn't all Texans have affordable access to someone with Tim's credentials?
Healthy Texan
This man provides great care to capitol staff, legislators and visitors yet the medical associations say he needs physician "supervision". Tim's own physician testified last session that nurse practitioners like Tim don't need the so-called "supervision" required by current statute. I suspect the medical associations only reason for fighting to prevent nurse practitioners from having full autonomy is about money. Supervising physicians force nurse practitioners who want to own their own practice into contracts that pay the physicians extreme amounts of money, sometimes up to $5000 per month to only come onsite once every 10 days to do a retrospective review of a random 10% of charts. Is this really supervision? Get rid of it and let them practice to the full extent of their education and certification. Stop the turf wars that don't benefit patients but do help line the pockets of the physicians.
lloyd spruce
“When it’s crunch time, I don’t have to call a doctor; I can go down to Tim’s office,” Mr. Hardcastle said. “When you have the flu during the night and you’re working on legislation, you need treatment. His job is vital to what we do.” ----------------------------------like cut health care for millions of uninsured texans.
Mr. Flynn, this man needs a "bandaid" for his brain.